There is a new retrospective book about Apple that’s just out, “After Steve: how Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul”, by Tripp Mickle. It sounds like a good book with some good stories. But many Apple followers are pointing out the flaws in the narrative. It seems the author doesn’t really “get”…
Marc Maron scored a real coup for his show WTF, with the President of the United States sitting down with him in his garage in Pasadena to have a very human and personal conversation with him. It’s an excellent listen.
Yesterday was the day that John Gruber, one of my favorite tech writers, calls “Internet Jackass Day”. But among all the stupidity and annoyance are some gems. My favorite? This one, by the scientists at CERN: CERN Researchers Confirm The Existence of The Force You really have to read it. Love the coffee photo!
I’ve been on the internet more than half my life. I consider myself a digital native. Today many people are protesting the SOPA and Protect IP Act legislation that threatens the internet. This threat is real, as this legislation breaks some fundamental things about how the internet works. If you are interested in the technical…
My computers are all set up with Adobe Flash installed. I also run a Flash Blocker on every browser. Since first installing a Flash blocker, my computer is more reliable and websites load faster. Adobe’s CTO is happy to blame Apple, of course: “That’s what upsets me the most,” he says. “That people put energy…
Another Must-read from Om Malik: For the media industry (which is video, music and print), there has been one more, and perhaps the farthest-reaching, failure: the inability of the folks to grok that today’s audience is not tomorrow’s audience. It goes without saying there’s a whole generation of folk that has either grown up, or…
I Shared What?!? Simulator http://otf.me/5rp Check out what facebook apps get when you allow them to see your profile. # Powered by Twitter Tools
@bigs – I can see you just fine… 😉 (darius from across the room at #IIW in the Computer History Museum) in reply to bigs # Joe Andrieu is leading a great discussion of Facebook and Personal Data Stores at #IIW # @danmartell The best companies would be playing Go. 😉 in reply to danmartell…
SupportUX Blog: Discipline and Improvement https://supportux.com/blog/2010/10/discipline-and-improvement/ # At Internet Identitfy Workshop #IIW and people are introducing their sessions. Great stuff on identity, privacy, #vrm and more. # Powered by Twitter Tools
SupportUX Blog: Stowe Boyd https://supportux.com/blog/2010/11/stowe-boyd/ # Powered by Twitter Tools